The Chicago Fire Post
Squad23 Nov 2026
The knee: Walker Moore out for 20 days
20 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Chicago Fire lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Chicago Fire
Philip Zinckernagel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Puso Dithejane
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Robin Lod's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Matt Hedges knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matt Hedges trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes Josh Cohen a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Chicago Fire. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Squad Puso Dithejane has had enough of the bench
- Market The Mbekezeli Mbokazi talk will not go away
- Squad Mbekezeli Mbokazi is out on the grass again